This section provides the procedure to configure Application Profiles.

After the configuration of an application profile, the same must be associated with a virtual server. The virtual server then processes traffic according to the options specified in the application profile.

Prerequisites

Application profile must be created to define the behavior of a particular type of network traffic.

For NSX-T, two application profiles need to be created to:

  • Redirect HTTP to HTTPS

  • Handle HTTPS traffic

Procedure

  1. To configure the Application Profile for HTTP requests, go to Networking > Load balancing > Profiles
  2. Select Profile Type
  3. Click the Add () and choose HTTP Profile
  4. Choose a name for the profile and enter parameters (please refer to the example below)
  5. To configure the Application Profile for HTTPS requests, go to Networking > Load balancing > Profiles
  6. Select profile type
  7. Click the Add () icon and choose Fast TCP Profile.
  8. Choose a name for the profile and enter parameters (please refer to the example below)
    parameters